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Baptist pastor says gay preachers 'should get a bullet in their brain'

Dillon Awes said two gay pastors and the church official who hosted them should "get the death penalty, not be preaching behind the pulpit.”

What it means for LGBTQ+ Americans to leave — or choose — Christianity

Almost two-thirds of LGBTQ+ people who were raised Christian have left, new data finds. But queer Black Americans have more to leave behind.

Twitter Yanks Westboro Baptist Church's Account

The hostile, homophobic church has lost its original Twitter account.

Southern Baptists Expel Gay-Accepting Church

Baptist leaders ousted New Heart Community Church in California over the congregation's decision to accept a variety of views on homosexuality, after a pastor's powerful sermon about his son's coming-out.

Southern Baptists Votes to Expel LGBTQ-Affirming Church

College Park Baptist Church in North Carolina says it's not even a member of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Westboro Baptist Church Targets Kids' Book Event

The hate group says it will picket a live reading of the LGBT kids' book Square Zair Pair in San Francisco's Castro district. 

Westboro Baptist Church to Protest Workplace of Kim Davis

The small radical antigay group wants to show their distaste for the Kentucky clerk's adultery.

God Wages Ad Campaign Against Westboro

The person or people behind God's social media accounts say the Westboro Baptist Church has been putting words in his mouth.

Iconic D.C. Gay Nightclub Town Reopening in Baptist Church

Town, a touchstone for the past decade, will resurface inside a historic church north of Union Station.

Kentucky Southern Baptists Consider Expelling LGBT-Affirming Churches

If churches drop a ban on LGBT employees, they're "redefining sin," says the president of the Kentucky Baptist Convention.

Westboro Baptist Church Gets Trolled on Pokemon Go

The Kansas headquarters of the notoriously antigay religious group has been marked as a gymnasium in the new interactive Pokemon Go game. 

WATCH: Foo Fighters Rickroll Westboro Baptist Church

Rock and roll band Foo Fighters aren't going to sit quietly and let the antigay Westboro Baptist Chruch upstage them.

Historic South Carolina Baptist Church Becomes LGBT-Affirming

First Baptist Church Greenville has approved a policy of LGBT equality in all church matters, including ordination and marriage.

Westboro Accepts Invite to Protest ISIS in Iraq

A popular Australian comedian and TV host has offered to fly Westboro members to Iraq so they can protest persecution of Christians.